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Now that he’s of age, Prince Temmin must leave his childhood home behind for a new life with his father in the capital. King Harsin plans to educate his son in the ways of all the kings who have come before. But the family’s immortal advisor, Teacher, has other plans: to bring Temmin closer to his people, to bind him . . .
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The day Daniel Harper inherited his uncle’s old farm, he also inherited a strange key. When he used that key on the cellar door, he found himself not on the rotting wooden steps, but in the path of an oncoming car on a dark city street. He’s just stepped into Ether, a world of steam powered cars and wooden . . .
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Twenty-year-olds Liseli Luenford and Russell Markson are living mundane, disappointing, lonely lives in a small midwestern town; working jobs better suited for high school students. Both want something more from life, though what exactly they cannot name, or even begin to achieve. Liseli finds solace in the Mill, a building on the edge of town, long abandoned and all . . .
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“Brave Men Run” is the story of Nate Charters. Born different, unsure of his origins, he’s an outcast at Abbeque Valley High School, a self-proclaimed “boy freak” with few friends and low self-esteem. When the Sovereign Era dramatically dawns, Nate finds himself in a quest to discover the truth: is he more than he seems, a misfit in a miraculous . . .
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Earth was used up, and humanity had a choice – leave, or perish. And so they left, in great ships full of colonists and scientists, with soldiers to protect them all. Hurling through space in a timeless sleep. Waiting for the ship’s computers to find their new home and wake them. But when they wake, they realize things have . . .
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Evermist is the story of a young man coming into his own on a distant planet where Earth is only a legend. Drafted into the militia, Eli travels to the top of his world to stand guard over Evermist, an ancient and dangerous island locked away for all time . . . Elias is born of a family with influence and money. . . .
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The working chapters of a new novel by Heather Spoonheim about her experiences in trying to bring some culinary innovation to a small town. . . .
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Max and Mick are two brothers who’ve just moved away from home. In the city for the first time, they try to make it big while dealing with rent, local criminals, work, the authorities, their own propensity for getting into trouble, and each other. Also, they’re mages. . . .
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Allen Delais woke alone one day on the edge of a vast forest, where all he had was the strength of his arm and a strange, divine mark above his eye. His memories were elusive, inseparable from his dreams. Luck landed him a position on a passing ship, and two years passed while he learned about the world around him . . .
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No More Ramen is a fiction story set in the modern day. There are no monsters or magic, unless of course you count the mystical elixir produced by the sage known as Jose Cuervo. It is the story of college student who wins a record lottery jackpot, only to decide he prefers his life the way it is. Instead of . . .
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A fantasy set in modern Japan, about a young woman and the kami who takes a strong interest in her. . . .
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As most of the world is destroyed and nothing remains to fight for, Thomas Hayward leads a group of survivors against the forces that now populate Earth. Desperately, against a toxic land and a soulless enemy, he tries to lead them toward the one location that may hold answers—the final resting place of the Roswell ’47 crash saucer and its . . .
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Five friends quit their awful jobs and move into a beautiful condemned house on a mission to live life to the fullest. Unfortunately, amid scheming, a philosophical restaurant, punches, lots of tea, true love, a technodrome and the possible subversion of many small children, they do still have to find creative ways to pay the bills. . . .
Picture the scene in the Matrix where Neo is standing at the edge, on the top of a drab office block. Freeze that scene and plaster the concrete and glass buildings with neon signs and kanji. Fill the streets with a multi ethnic crowd. Cover the skies with polluted smog, wipe America clean with a trio of nuclear bombs and [more . . .]
Summary: Tracker is a genetic fox experiment. Antoinette is a drifter with a dark secret. Both of these characters are trying to fit into a normal world and find their humanity together.
Likes: The concept of shape-shifters and mutants is interesting. I’m always interested in reading about the lives of mutants [more . . .]